ANDY WARHOL’S VELVET UNDERGROUND featuring NICO 2LP – EXC+ A1 UK 1971 MGM

Andy Warhol’s Velvet Underground featuring Nico
(MGM Records  1971  2683006)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1/A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Laminated Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges, some creasing to laminate & a few discolouration marks

Double Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl which do give pops/crackles but sound quality is excellent overall)

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, its best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited by many critics as one of the most important and influential groups of the 1960s. In a 1982 interview Brian Eno made the often repeated statement that while the first Velvet Underground album may have sold only 30,000 copies in its early years, “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.”

Andy Warhol managed the Velvet Underground and it was the house band at his studio, the Factory, and his Exploding Plastic Inevitable events. The provocative lyrics of some of the band’s songs gave a nihilistic outlook to some of their music.

Their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (which featured German singer Nico, with whom the band collaborated), was named the 13th Greatest Album of All Time, and the “most prophetic rock album ever made” by Rolling Stone in 2003. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the band No. 19 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, by Patti Smith.

Andy Warhol’s Velvet Underground featuring Nico is a compilation album of The Velvet Underground released by MGM Records in 1970. Originally released as a double LP, the cover artwork and inside gatefold sleeve feature Andy Warhol’s paintings of Coca-Cola bottles. The album was released in the UK to capitalise on the interest from Warhol’s Pork.

Track listing

All songs written by Lou Reed unless otherwise noted.

Record One Side One

1. “I’m Waiting For The Man” – 4:37
2. “Candy Says” (The Velvet Underground) – 4:09
3. “Run, Run, Run” – 4:18
4. “White Light/White Heat” – 2:44
5. “All Tomorrow’s Parties” – 5:55

Record One Side Two

1. “Sunday Morning” – 2:53
2. “I Heard Her Call My Name” – 4:05
3. “Femme Fatale” – 2:35
4. “Heroin” – 7:05
5. “Here She Comes Now” (Morrison, Reed, Cale, Tucker) – 2:00
6. “There She Goes Again” – 2:30

Record Two Side One

1. “Sister Ray” (Reed, Morrison, Cale, Tucker) – 17:00
2. “Venus In Furs” – 5:07

Record Two Side Two

1. “European Son” (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker) – 7:40
2. “Pale Blue Eyes” (The Velvet Underground) – 5:40
3. “The Black Angel’s Death Song” (Reed, Cale) – 3:10
4. “Beginning To See The Light” (The Velvet Underground) – 4:48